Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has agreed to struggle for the primary time since 2022.
Verbal agreements are in place for Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) to face Rob Font (21-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) within the UFC Struggle Night time 252 co-main occasion Feb. 22 at Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle.
An individual with data of the scenario knowledgeable MMA Junkie that each events have agreed following a report by ESPN that cited UFC CBO Hunter Campbell.
Cruz, 39, most lately competed in a knockout loss to Marlon Vera in August 2022. The defeat snapped a two-fight profitable streak that was comprised of resolution wins over Casey Kenney and Pedro Munhoz.
Font, 37, snapped a two-fight dropping skid in October when he defeated Kyler Phillips by unanimous resolution. The bout was Font’s first coaching at Tristar in Montreal. Font is 2-4 in his most up-to-date six, although the losses have solely come to prime contenders.
With the addition, the UFC Struggle Night time 252 lineup consists of:
Henry Cejudo vs. Tune Yadong
Dominick Cruz vs. Rob Font
Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira
Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia
Michael Chiesa vs. TBA
Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
Ibo Aslan vs. Ion Cutelaba
Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev
Islam Dulatov vs. Adam Fugitt
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Jean Silva
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
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